Improvement in curtain-brackets



tion, 6, between the sockets,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HUBERT L. JUDD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN CURTAIN-BRACKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,682, dated March 26, 1878; application filed January 28, 1878. 4

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT L. JUDD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Vestibule-Brackets, of which the following is a specification:

Curtains have been applied to vestibuledoors upon a horizontal rod sustained at the ends in brackets.

My present invention relates to the peculiarity of the bracket for receiving such rod.

By my improvement the construction is simplified, the cost is lessened, and the brackets can be applied to the door with very little la bor or trouble.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation of the two brackets for the ends of the curtainrod, Fig. 2 is a side view of such bracket, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same.

The body a of the bracket is provided with a screw, 12, at the back, by means of which the bracket is fastened to the door or wood-work, and at the front portion of the bracket there is a projecting head or flange, c, with recesses or sockets d at each side, with a central partiat which place the cap-plate f is secured by the central rivet i.

In the cap-plate there are notches corresponding to the recesses or sockets in the head of the bracket, so that when the cap-plate is turned and its notch corresponds with the socket, the rod lfor the curtain can be entered at its end into the said socket, and the capplate f turned so as to secure the end of the rod within the socket, and at the same time prevent the notch or socket being visible.

By this construction the bracket for the vestibule-curtain rod is adapted to either end of the rod, and hence the bracket, when screwed to place, is adapted to receive the rod at either side of it, and the brackets, therefore, do not require to be right or left handed, as heretofore usual.

It will be evident that if there is a hole through the body of the bracket, a separate screw may be used and the movable cap-plate be secured thereby, instead of beingriveted to the body.

I claim as my invention The vestibule-bracket made with a body an head, having a socket at one or both edges of the head, in combination with the notched cap-plate, that may be turned to secure the rod within the socket, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 24th day of January, A. D. 187 8.

H. L. JUDD. 

